diff --git a/packages/calcite-components-react/package.json b/packages/calcite-components-react/package.json
index 76c5ba30ee3..64646e1741d 100644
--- a/packages/calcite-components-react/package.json
+++ b/packages/calcite-components-react/package.json
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
   "license": "SEE LICENSE.md",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "rimraf dist && npm run compile",
+    "prebuild": "npm run patch:ssr",
     "clean": "rimraf dist node_modules .turbo",
     "compile": "npm run tsc",
+    "patch:ssr": "ts-node support/patchSSR.ts",
     "tsc": "tsc"
   },
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
diff --git a/packages/calcite-components-react/src/auto-define.ts b/packages/calcite-components-react/src/auto-define.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb5fb21ed84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/calcite-components-react/src/auto-define.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const isBrowser = (): boolean =>
+  ![typeof window, typeof document, typeof location].includes("undefined") &&
+  [typeof process, typeof global].includes("undefined") &&
+  window.location === location &&
+  window.document === document;
+
+export function autoDefine(component: string): () => Promise<void> | undefined {
+  if (isBrowser()) {
+    return async () => (await import(`@esri/calcite-components/dist/components/${component}.js`)).defineCustomElement();
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
diff --git a/packages/calcite-components-react/support/patchSSR.ts b/packages/calcite-components-react/support/patchSSR.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5793a999948
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/calcite-components-react/support/patchSSR.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+// patch needed due to Stencil executing client side code on the server
+// when using the includeImportCustomElements option
+// https://stenciljs.com/docs/react#includeimportcustomelements
+// https://github.com/Esri/calcite-design-system/issues/7486
+
+const {
+  promises: { readFile, writeFile },
+} = require("fs");
+const { resolve } = require("path");
+
+// Matches imports of defineCustomElement from calcite-component's custom-elements output target.
+// Importing defineCustomElement on the server throws errors due to ESM/CJS conflicts and
+// attempting to use browser APIs, which don't exist on the server.
+const defineCustomElementImports = /import { defineCustomElement as defineCalcite.*(\r\n|\r|\n)/gm;
+
+// The removed imports are replaced with autoDefine, which is a wrapper around defineCustomElement
+// to make sure it's only called on the client.
+const autoDefineImport = "import { autoDefine } from './auto-define';";
+
+// Matches createReactComponent exports to add autoDefine instead of defineCustomElement.
+// The regex creates capture groups for the component name and other parts of the line
+// that shouldn't be replaced/removed.
+const reactWrapperExports = /createReactComponent<(.*)>.*\((['|\w|-]*)(.*)(defineCalcite\w*)\)/g;
+
+// The patched version of the createReactComponent export using the capture groups to fill in the blanks
+const patchedReactWrapperExports = "createReactComponent<$1>($2$3autoDefine($2))";
+
+// The autoDefine import is placed below this line
+const reactLibImport = "import { createReactComponent } from './react-component-lib';";
+
+(async () => {
+  try {
+    const filePath = resolve(`${__dirname}/../src/components.ts`);
+    const contents = await readFile(filePath, { encoding: "utf8" });
+
+    if (contents.includes(autoDefineImport)) {
+      console.log("SSR patch: skipping, components.ts is already patched");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const patchedContents = contents
+      .replace(reactLibImport, `$&\n${autoDefineImport}`)
+      .replace(defineCustomElementImports, "")
+      .replace(reactWrapperExports, patchedReactWrapperExports);
+
+    await writeFile(filePath, patchedContents);
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(err);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+})();